Popular Irish comedian joins line-up of "The Great Celebrity Bake Off"

Irish comedian turned presenter Tommy Tiernan is set to don his apron for the celebrity charity edition of "The Great British Bake Off" in aid of Stand Up for Cancer.

The beloved one-off series will return to Channel 4 this spring, with a star-studded line-up and a new judge.

Tommy Tiernan.

Joining Tiernan will be a whole host of big names including "Chicken Shop Date" host Amelia Dimoldenberg, broadcaster Roman Kemp, TV host Kate Garraway, Adam Buxton, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Ellie Goldstein, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Gloria Hunniford, Jamali Maddix, Jim Howick, Maxine Peake, Meera Syal, Phil Wang, Sarah Beeny, Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor and Sophie Willan.

Former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine, Caroline Waldegrave will also be joining the show as a judge, alongside Paul Hollywood.

Also returning for the celebrity episodes are "Bake Off" hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.

Elsewhere, RTE viewers were all left saying the same thing about the guests of this week’s "Tommy Tiernan Show."

In the latest episode of the new series, Tommy was joined by Scottish stand-up comedian Fern Brady, award-winning writer, director, and actor Seamus O’Rourke, and anthropologist Dr. Lollie Mancey.

As has already been established, Tommy doesn’t know the identity of any of his guests in advance.

While viewers were left fascinated by Dr. Mancey’s discussion about AI and her AI "companion," they were all saying the same thing about the two other guests on Sunday night’s show.

Up first was comedian Fern Brady who spoke to Tommy all about her career and navigating her autism diagnosis as an adult.

Fern opened up about being undiagnosed as a child and what her "quirks" were then and now, leading to Tommy wondering whether he should be assessed too.

After that, Tommy had a candid conversation with Leirim writer Seamus O’Rourke who talked about his relationship with his father, who read a passage about it from his book "Leaning on Gates".

Another person said: "It is a great night for relating to the experiences of the guests. What a beautiful way with words and emotions Seamus O'Rourke has."

And a third viewer added: "Are we all self-diagnosing ourselves after watching Fern or is it just me."

* This article was originally published on Extra.ie.